📰 A Welsh election like no other: Labour’s dominance under threat

Labour looks vulnerable in Wales like never before, trailing Plaid Cymru and Reform UK in the polls. So much for the old certainties of a Senedd election, writes Andy Davies.

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⚽ EFL clubs make decision over VAR challenge system in Championship next season

The introduction of the system was opposed by the majority of clubs following a subsequent EFL survey.

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Bill banning people born after 2008 from buying tobacco clears UK parliament

Ministers hope tobacco and vapes bill, which will become law next week, will create a ‘smoke-free generation’

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Prolific unregulated sperm donor loses UK legal fight to be named as child’s father

Robert Albon cannot be declared four-year-old’s father because he ran illegal sperm donation business, court rules

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‘Self-serving stuff’: anger remains high in Whitehall over Olly Robbins sacking

Keir Starmer’s decision to oust senior official may have knock-on effect for No 10’s relationship with civil service

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Recent reporting indicates England is moving toward legally backed school phone bans, rather than relying only on guidance.
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📰 Israeli army jails two soldiers for smashing head of Jesus statue in southern Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said on Monday he was "stunned and saddened to learn that an IDF soldier damaged a Catholic religious icon in southern Lebanon."

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Four Labour activists charged with trying to fix candidate selection process

Police bring criminal case over alleged manipulation of party database in Croydon East constituency

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Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms

Ministers also asked to alter compensation rights and suspend emissions trading scheme amid Middle East war

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Three-month old baby girl who died after Redcar 'dog attack' named for first time

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